Representative offices of foreign traders in Vietnam are dependent units of foreign traders and are set up under the provisions of Vietnamese law to study the market and carry out a number of trade promotion activities as permitted by Vietnamese law:
Circular No. 74/2010/TT-BTC dated May 14, 2010 of the Ministry of Finance amending and supplementing some contents of the Finance Minister's Circular No. 116/2008/TT-BTC of December 4, 2008, guiding customs procedures for goods processed for foreign traders
Decree No. 90/2007/ND-CP dated May 31, 2007 of the Government providing for the import right and export right of foreign traders without presence in Vietnam
Circular No. 11/2006/TT-BTM dated September 28, 2006 of the Ministry of Trade guiding the implementation of the Government’s Decree No. 72/2006/ND-CP dated July 25, 2006, which details the Commercial Law regarding Vietnam-based representative offices and branches of foreign traders